Researcher
Sona Kucharikova
- Disciplines:Biomaterials engineering, Biological system engineering, Biomechanical engineering, Other (bio)medical engineering, Environmental engineering and biotechnology, Industrial biotechnology, Other biotechnology, bio-engineering and biosystem engineering
Affiliations
- Molecular Biotechnology of Plants and Micro-organisms (Division)
Member
From1 Feb 2017 → 30 Jun 2018
Projects
1 - 4 of 4
- Zebrafish embryos as a unique model host organism to study in vivo Candida albicans biofilm development.From1 Jan 2016 → 31 Dec 2018Funding: FWO research grant KAN
- Zebrafish as a novel model host for morphological and undiscovered immunl characteristics of in vivo Candida albicans biofilmsFrom1 Oct 2013 → 30 Sep 2015Funding: BOF - Concerted Research Project from 1994
- Candida albicans Staphylococcus epidermidis dual species biofilm: Molecular characterization of their interaction with a focus on methionine metabolism.From1 Oct 2012 → 1 Jul 2018Funding: FWO fellowships
- Interference of Candida albicans biofilm formation by induced inactivation of Als3 protein and in vivo visualization of biofilm in a mouse model system using non-invasive imaging methods.From1 Oct 2011 → 30 Sep 2012Funding: BOF - Other initiatives
Publications
11 - 20 of 29
- Oral Administration of the Broad-Spectrum Antibiofilm Compound Toremifene Inhibits Candida albicans and Staphylococcus aureus Biofilm Formation In Vivo(2014)
Authors: Kaat De Cremer, Nicolas Delattin, Katrijn De Brucker, Annelies Peeters, Sona Kucharikova, Evelien Gerits, Natalie Verstraeten, Jan Michiels, Patrick Van Dijck, Bruno Cammue, et al.
Pages: 7606 - 7610 - Single-cell force spectroscopy of the medically important Staphylococcus epidermidis-Candida albicans interaction(2013)
Authors: Sona Kucharikova, Patrick Van Dijck
Pages: 10894 - 900 - Activity of systemically administered echinocandins against in vivo mature Candida albicans biofilms developed in a rat subcutaneous model(2013)
Authors: Sona Kucharikova, Isabel Spriet, Johan Maertens, Patrick Van Dijck, Katrien Lagrou
Pages: 2365 - 2368 - The nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drug diclofenac potentiates the in vivo activity of caspofungin against Candida albicans biofilms(2012)
Authors: Anna Bink, Sona Kucharikova, Bram Neirinck, Jef Vleugels, Patrick Van Dijck, Bruno Cammue, Karin Thevissen
Pages: 1790 - 1797 - Single-Molecule Imaging and Functional Analysis of Als Adhesins and Mannans during Candida albicans Morphogenesis(2012)
Authors: Sona Kucharikova, Patrick Van Dijck
Pages: 10950 - 10964 - Vaccination with SesC Decreases Staphylococcus epidermidis Biofilm Formation(2012)
Authors: Mohammad Shahrooei, Laleh Khodaparast, Ladan Khodaparast, Sona Kucharikova, Johan Van Eldere
Pages: 3660 - 3668 - The heat-induced molecular disaggregase Hsp104 of Candida albicans plays a role in biofilm formation and pathogenicity in the worm infection model(2012)
Authors: Sona Kucharikova, Gilmer Govaert, Bruno Cammue, Karin Thevissen, Patrick Van Dijck
Pages: 1012 - 1020 - Transcription factor Efg1 contributes to tolerance of Candida albicans biofilms against antifungal agents in vitro and in vivo(2012)
Authors: Anna Bink, Gilmer Govaert, Sona Kucharikova, Patrick Van Dijck, Bruno Cammue, Karin Thevissen
Pages: 813 - 819 - Testing of antifungal drugs for the treatment of Candida albicans biofilms using an in vivo subcutaneous rat model system(2012)
Authors: P Van Dijck, Sona Kucharikova, Isabel Spriet, J Maertens, Katrien Lagrou
Pages: 23 - 23 - Detailed comparison of Candida albicans and Candida glabrata biofilms under different conditions and its caspofungin and anidulafungin(2011)
Authors: Sona Kucharikova, Katrien Lagrou, Patrick Van Dijck
Pages: 1261 - 1269